1 Why Neighborhoods? The Neighborhood in Archaeological Theory and Practice. Issue 1 (4th July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pacifico, David; Truex, Lise A.
• Other Names: Pacifico David guestEditor.; Truex Lise A. guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Archeological papers of the American Anthropological Association. Volume 30:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 5
• Page End: 19
• Publication Date: 2019-07-04
• Subjects: Integration -- Intermediate socio‐spatial groups -- Urbanism; Anthropology; Antiquities; 930.1
• DOI: 10.1111/apaa.12110
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1551-823X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This chapter introduces the central themes in this volume and articulates those themes with previous approaches. Neighborhoods in this volume are integrative socio‐spatial groups between the household and the settlement that are found in urbanizing landscapes. Previous theorizations of neighborhoods constrain them to specific populations or forms of sociality. Our cases show that the fundamental aspects of these theorizations (intermediate, distinct, cohesive, nested) can endure while population, morphology, and temporality vary. Neighborhood studies are presented as complementary to household, community, and urban/peri‐urban studies, while attention is drawn to the diversity of forms neighborhoods take and diversity of themes neighborhoods help scholars address.